שִׁבְעִים
shibʻîym · shib-eem'
seventy
Lexicon
Derivation: multiple of H7651 (שֶׁבַע);
seventy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: seventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the house, what is within › to see and know › the hand that works › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of the house, what is within that works to see and know of the hand that works of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁבְעִים above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
91 occurrences · 91 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- seventy26 · 34%
- of seventy14 · 18%
- threescore and ten6 · 8%
- was seventy3 · 4%
- and threescore and ten3 · 4%
- and seventy3 · 4%
- and threescore and fifteen2 · 3%
- and threescore and thirteen2 · 3%
- had threescore and ten2 · 3%
- threescore and fifteen1 · 1%
- were threescore and ten1 · 1%
- for him threescore and ten1 · 1%
- were seventy1 · 1%
- were threescore and fourteen1 · 1%
- of them, were threescore and fourteen1 · 1%
- unto me seventy1 · 1%
- the seventy1 · 1%
- it unto the seventy1 · 1%
- of them, threescore and sixteen1 · 1%
- and threescore and twelve1 · 1%
- was threescore and twelve1 · 1%
- with threescore and ten1 · 1%
- thereof, even threescore and seventeen1 · 1%
- which are threescore and ten1 · 1%
- him threescore and ten1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.